The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-11-16
Local and State Notes.

H. G. Parker, traffic manager of the Lake
Erie & Western. is in the city, and will remain
over to-day.
The fast mail train on Monday night made the
run from Richmond to Indianapolis in seventy
eight minutes; distance sixty-eight miles.
The directors of the Vincennes, Oakland City
& Greensboro road again talking business
and belief prevails that the road will be built
next year.
It is stated that negotiations are again on be-
tween the Pennsylvania Company and the c.,
H. & D. people for the purchase by the former
of the c., r. g. G. division of the c.. II. d D.
lines
William r. McKeen besides paying his pro por-
ton of the tax him were the city of Terre
Haute to vote aid TO the Terre Haute s. Missis
sipp road. subscribes s., 500 in cash toward the
enterprise.
Superintendent whitcomb's report shows that
Saturday last was the banner day on the Belt
road. On that day there were transferred over
the road 2,440 cars, and Belt road engines
handled 3lS carloads of live stock.
Edward S. Kelley has been appointed division
freight agent of the Chicago, Milwaukee 81 St.
Paul road vice J. H. Boyle. who is to take
charge of the company,s business at Kansas
City on their opening their new line
Chicago lines last week shipped east AZ, All tons
of freight. The Pennsylvania lines carried more
than their usual per cent, and the c., l.. St. l..
g. C. took out 6 of the business. The Wabash
fell below its usual tonnage, carrying but 4 per
cent
Passenger agents now giving their atten-
ton chiefly to searching for parties who are go
ing to Calf orna- Competition for this business
was never more earnest than at the present
time. Southern pleasure resorts are hardly
named by passenger agent
The Empire fastfreieht line has begun
ming an oyster train between Baltimore and the
West. The schedule time to Chicago Is sixty
hours, the rate 81 per one hundred pounds. Ar
rangements will be made to make equally good
time to Cincinnati aud Indianapolis.
Samuel Sweet division freight agent of the
Lake Erie q Western. headquarters lndanapo-
lis, yesterday presented with elegant
thirtythird degree Masonic gold charm, the
donor being the Hon b. ron Is. Elliott one of
the judges OF the Indiana Supreme Court.
Thomas Cullen. one of the eldest railroad
Rlneers IN the State died at Lafayette Monday
He commenced running an engine the In
dianapois & Lafayette road In 1857 when j. D.
Lilly was superintendent For some years past
he has been running on the Wabash road.
An earnest effort is being made to induce Su-
perintencent Black, of the J., NJ. & l.. to rein
state John Christian as an engineer on the road
He has been on the road thirty years, aud last
week he met with his first accident, running
into passenger train on the Ohio g. Mississippi
road.
The pay cars in making their monthly rounds
are paying out more money than usual. They
are now paying for October service and ir
that month the train men and depot men made
more extra pay than In any month in the his
;ory OF the roads, Sc heavy traffic. On some
II the roads increase of the pay rolls was
fully 10 per cent
Nicholas Connor who has been freight clerk
In the Office or the c., l., st. L. a. c. at Lafay
cite since 1871. died on Monday Of typhoid fe-